SMU

I’ve heard about so many sexual assaults in the university, but I’ve never really heard about them being solved or someone reporting it- I’ve just heard about the case, but never the case being solved.

Participant 1: I’ve heard about the policy and everything, but I’ve also heard a lot about sexual assault cases in residence, and how it’s, like, a real problem. So, we know it’s a problem, but…

I do agree that it is impacted by where you are from. I’m not sure about anyone else here, but I did school and I spent a significant majority of my time in West Africa,…

What another person just said was, how can you be sure that the person involved in the sexual assault case is not harmed in the process of filing a report or filing the case? Because…

The person listening to the case […] shouldn’t influence their [the survivor’s] choices. It’s your choice, and you choose how to handle it. But in the case of a minor involved, I think an adult…

My question is, if the person doesn’t struggle, because maybe they feel like they don’t have the strength […] is it still okay to report the case?

Do they do anything to help them, or do they just leave them? Like, do they provide support groups to help them and stuff like that, or do they just leave them?

The tricky thing is that, yes, they [my parents] would respond positively to the policy, but at the same time, they are the kind of people that don’t want much attention drawn to themselves -…

My parents are very old-fashioned. If something like this was to happen to anyone in my family, they would want to make sure it wasn’t talked about. So, let’s say you choose to report; you…

Participant 1: I feel like my dad […] would look at the policy as something slow […]. Like, if he believed that the policy is not doing anything, or the process is going too slow,…